Return-Path: Received: from mail-bk0-f41.google.com ([209.85.214.41] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4607178 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:45:04 +0100 Received: by bkbzx1 with SMTP id zx1so54221bkb.28 for ; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:50:42 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=0udtdT8GYrVaEsdVMxo6WJFt101e7slspxRB13ZKq8E=; b=CGTZdQHp2fVBpTGL5Y7jg4e1xVWVdFBGNVkO2s02stnbly+Wtgk4+rj4YnCyWq1lgT 7bYcF9yEGVGdrFfrLuuFCH+volPSD5xhzw4+iJ1zOcVXrRczQfNkyxTvgXxDyQC6TlUs QR4Dlp3H7nLRNbtBu7wPliys9dyydkA51x2go= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.205.125.18 with SMTP id gq18mr3298bkc.129.1327542642050; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:50:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.205.64.206 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:50:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.205.64.206 with HTTP; Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:50:41 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:50:41 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [AE] [OT] Best monitor for graphics? From: Teddy Gage To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0ce0d2209a862704b7649b9c --000e0ce0d2209a862704b7649b9c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Well to the naked eye it looks exceptional so far, I'll report back once I actually calibrate it against the $2000 eizo. But side by side I have to say I don't see any obvious flaws in color yet, and its about twice as bright. On Jan 25, 2012 7:40 PM, "Steve Oakley" wrote: > I've had a lot of misery with the PA246Q. its factory calibration is red. > there are plenty of other people out there with the same complaint. even a > swap didn;t cure it. its entirely possible you got a later model and they > fixed up their calibration. I've had to extensively mess around with the 6 > way correction in the monitor to get it even modestly close to acceptable. > that includes using a spyder3elite to calibrate it which finally works in > V4.0.5 of their software. I would have a very hard time reccomending this > monitor w/o trying a new one to see if its any better then the one I got. > > steve o > > On Jan 25, 2012, at 5:46 PM, Teddy Gage wrote: > > So, to anyone interested, I decided on the relatively unknown Asus PA246Q > - one of the cheapest "professional" P-IPS monitors with 100% Adobe RGB > coverage, 1.07 billion colors, 6 way color control, 0bit displayport, DVI > and HDMI. I gotta say its pretty amazing, even without calibrating, > especially for the $421 I got it for off ebay. I couldn't justify the > additional $1500+ of a dreamcolor or reference monitor, as the eizo I have > is already good enough for most of the color jobs I get. If the grading is > that intense I tell clients they should rent a da vinci suite anyway. I > highly recommend this monitor > > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Szabo Gergo wrote: > >> Hahaha >> >> I have just checked this DreamColor display and It's about 2.600 USD here >> :))) It must have be a great display for this price ;) >> >> Gary >> >> >> On 1/22/12 12:34 PM, Jarle Leirpoll wrote: >> >>> My DreamColor 24" works in 10-bit on DisplayPort, and it's NOT limited to >>> 60p. >>> The only complaint I have is that the scaling of 720p material to >>> fullscreen >>> is not very good. >>> >>> So I can choose to watch my 720p50 material pixel-by-pixel with black >>> borders, or full screen with less than perfect scaling. Letting the NLE >>> (or >>> rather the Quardro card) scale it on output works OK. But when watching >>> 50p >>> material at 50Hz refresh rate, I need to output a proper video signal, >>> and >>> that's when the bad scaling is an issue. >>> >>> /jarle >>> >>> >>> +---End of message---+ >>> To unsubscribe send any message to >>> >> > --000e0ce0d2209a862704b7649b9c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Well to the naked eye it looks exceptional so far, I'll report back = once I actually calibrate it against the $2000 eizo. But side by side I hav= e to say I don't see any obvious flaws in color yet, and its about twic= e as bright.

On Jan 25, 2012 7:40 PM, "Steve Oakley"= ; <steveo@practicali.com>= ; wrote:
I've had a lot of misery with the P= A246Q. its factory calibration is red. there are plenty of other people out= there with the same complaint. even a swap didn;t cure it. its entirely po= ssible you got a later model and they fixed up their calibration. I've = had to extensively mess around with the 6 way correction in the monitor to = get it even modestly close to acceptable. that includes using a spyder3elit= e to calibrate it which finally works in V4.0.5 of their software. I would = have a very hard time reccomending this monitor w/o trying a new one to see= if its any better then the one I got.

steve o

On Jan 25, 2012, at 5:46 PM,= Teddy Gage wrote:

So, to anyone interes= ted, I decided on the relatively unknown Asus PA246Q - one of the cheapest = "professional" P-IPS monitors with 100% Adobe RGB coverage, 1.07 = billion colors, 6 way color control, 0bit displayport, DVI and HDMI. I gott= a say its pretty amazing, even without calibrating, especially for the $421= I got it for off ebay. I couldn't justify the additional $1500+ of a d= reamcolor or reference monitor, as the eizo I have is already good enough f= or most of the color jobs I get. If the grading is that intense I tell clie= nts they should rent a da vinci suite anyway. I highly recommend this monit= or

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 7:05 PM, Szabo Gergo= <formic.gergo@gmail.com> wrote:
Hahaha

I have just checked this DreamColor display and It's about 2.600 USD he= re :))) It must have be a great display for this price ;)

Gary


On 1/22/12 12:34 PM, Jarle Leirpoll wrote:
My DreamColor 24" works in 10-bit on DisplayPort, and it's NOT lim= ited to
60p.
The only complaint I have is that the scaling of 720p material to fullscree= n
is not very good.

So I can choose to watch my 720p50 material pixel-by-pixel with black
borders, or full screen with less than perfect scaling. Letting the NLE (or=
rather the Quardro card) scale it on output works OK. But when watching 50p=
material at 50Hz refresh rate, I need to output a proper video signal, and<= br> that's when the bad scaling is an issue.

/jarle


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